Yesterday, two American soldiers were killed at the Frankfort Airport in Germany. Today's U K Telegram reported:
"Witnesses heard 21-year-old Arif Uka make the cry "God is the greatest" in English as he launched Wednesday's attack on a busload of US military personnel, increasing the likelihood that it was motivated by radical Islamist beliefs."
The suspect is an Albanian Muslim from Kosovo who is reported to have been radicalized 'in the last few weeks.' Hesse state Interior Minister Boris Rhein has told the news that the suspect acted alone and was not a part of a larger terrorist network.
CNS News reported today that:
"...But he (the suspect's uncle, Rexhep Uka) said the family was pro-American and was also having a hard time imagining that their nephew was involved.
""I love the Americans because they helped us a lot in times of trouble," he told The Associated Press in Kosovo. "I had an American neighbor and we never had a problem. What happened in Germany is beyond me."
"Behxhet Uka, a cousin of the suspect, said he had spoken to the gunman's father in Frankfurt by telephone several times. The family told him that they only knew that their son did not come home from work at the Frankfurt airport on Wednesday.
""We heard about this from the local police, and it was confirmed that this shooter was my first cousin," he said. "I would hope that this is not true, but if it is true, it will be very hard for us here in Kosovo. We could not imagine something like this would happen because Americans are our brothers.""
The comment that interested me was the comment that Arif Uka had been radicalized in the last few weeks. This is the true cause for concern. What was he taught that caused him to do what he did? What is the root of the action? We need to answer that question and then attack the root.
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